On this episode of AI Australia, we bring about an exciting topic and project being taken on by those at the children's charity Variety in collaboration with the data consultancy company Eliiza and not-for-profit service provider Data4Good to analyse data over the past several years to gain insights into where funding and grants are being distributed. We're joined on the podcast by Mandy Burns from Variety and Mahdi Rasouli from Eliiza. They share with us the story behind how they were connected through Data4Good and what the current decision-making process looks like for allocating grants at Variety. We hear all about the experience of working with Eliiza and the process of collecting, reviewing, and analysing the data. What's next for Variety and their work with Eliiza? Tune in to find out!

Key Points From This Episode:

• An introduction to Mandy Burns and the children's charity Variety.

• How they, at Variety, currently decide on where to allocate grants/ funds.

• How they were introduced to Eliiza by Data4Good.

• A quick introduction to Mahdi Rasouli; part of the data science team at Eliiza

• Mandy shares the experience of working with Eliiza.

• The process of reviewing the data and what they wanted to do with it/ how to analyse it.

• The significance of Variety collecting, reviewing, and understanding the data.

• Working towards automation of data and decision-making.

• The importance of having the why and understanding the scope of the issue.

• Mandy shares some insights they got out of the exercise working with Eliiza.

• What's next for Variety and their work with Eliiza.

• How Mandy connected with Data4Good.

• The heart behind Variety.

Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:

Mandy Burns on LinkedIn

Mahdi Rasouli on LinkedIn

Variety

Data4Good

'Eliiza and Data4Good team up to decipher grants data for Variety'

Natalie Rouse on LinkedIn

Dr Kobi Leins

Dr Kobi Leins on LinkedIn

Dr Kobi Leins on Twitter

Eliiza